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- Title
Recurrence of depression during pregnancy: psychosocial and personal functioning correlates.
- Authors
Goodman, Sherryl H.; Tully, Erin C.
- Abstract
Background: This study examined psychosocial and personal functioning during pregnancy in women at risk for depression recurrence based on having had at least one major depressive episode (MDE) preceding the pregnancy. Methods: Three groups of women, who differed in recurrence of depression during pregnancy, were compared: (1) women who had at least one recurrent episode meeting diagnostic criteria for a MDE (n=23), (2) women who had a recurrence of clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms but did not meet criteria for a MDE (n=18), and (3) women who had no recurrence of depression (n=38) during pregnancy. Results: Results indicated that recurrences of depression during pregnancy are associated with a range of psychosocial and personal functioning correlates. Furthermore, the correlates of depression during pregnancy were the same for women who met diagnostic criteria for MDE and women who had subthreshold levels of depression. Conclusions: The findings support extending psychosocial models of depression to depression recurrence during pregnancy with an emphasis on the broader context within which depression occurs. The findings also have implications for understanding subclinical depression during pregnancy as being associated with problems in functioning equal in severity and breadth to episodes of major depression. Depression and Anxiety, 2009. Published 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
PREGNANCY &; psychology; DEPRESSION in women; DEPRESSED persons; WOMEN'S mental health
- Publication
Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269), 2009, Vol 26, Issue 6, p557
- ISSN
1091-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/da.20421